"Young Master Ye Chen, I've heard so much about you." The young nobleman stepped forward to ingratiate himself with Ye Chen, but Liu Boqin immediately raised his trident and took a defensive stance.
Seeing this, the young nobleman had no choice but to give up. "Young Master Ye, an elder in my family sent me here to find you. He instructed me to give you this book, saying it would be of great use to you."
As he spoke, the young man pulled a book from his robe and handed it to Ye Chen. Ye Chen took it and made to slip it into his robe, but the young nobleman stopped him.
"Please wait, Young Master Ye. My elder instructed that you may only read this book here, and that I must watch you open it. Once you've finished reading, you must return it to my elder."
Though the young nobleman wore a smile, his tone allowed no room for argument.
"Please don't think me meddlesome, Young Master Ye." After speaking, the young nobleman bowed again. Ye Chen glanced at the book, then at him. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't remember ever meeting someone like this.
Ye Chen shook his head. He knew plenty of people in this world, but unfortunately, none of them knew him. Now, at last, someone had come looking for him, only to act so strangely that Ye Chen was at a loss.
Still, he had no choice but to lay the book flat in his palm and open its cover. The instant he did, Ye Chen felt as if the wind around them had suddenly stopped.
But Ye Chen had no mind to pay attention to that. He looked at the book's title page, then at the young nobleman, his expression asking,